Organising body | CBF FFCH |
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Founded | 1955 |
Abolished | 1966 |
Region | Brazil Chile |
Number of teams | 2 |
Related competitions | Roca Cup Copa Río Branco Taça Oswaldo Cruz |
Last champions | Brazil and Chile (1966) shared |
Most successful club(s) | Brazil (4 titles) |
Copa Bernardo O'Higgins (English: Bernardo O'Higgins Cup) was a national football tournament disputed between Brazil and Chile, from 1955 to 1966. The competition, played on a two-legged format, was similar to other tournaments played at the time, such as the Roca Cup between Argentina and Brazil. [1]
The cup's name was a tribute to Bernardo O'Higgins, a figure of great importance in Chile's independence, [2] [3] and considered one of the liberators of South America during the Spanish occupation in the colonial period. [4]
Ed. | Year | Host | Champion | 1st. leg | 2nd. leg | Result (points) |
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1 | 1955 | Brazil | Brazil | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
2 | 1957 | Chile | Chile | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
3 | 1959 | Brazil | Brazil | 7–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 |
4 | 1961 | Chile | Brazil | 1–2 | 0–1 | 4–0 |
5 | 1966 | Chile | Chile [note 1] | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 (g.d.) |
Brazil [note 1] |
Pelé and Quarentinha are the all-time top-scorers in the competition with three goals each. [5] [6] Pelé is the only player to have scored a hat-trick in the tournament (1959 first leg at Maracanã in Brazil). [7]
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